King Cake is traditional for Mardi Gras with its cinnamon roll like quality but you can achieve the same festive results faster with cupcakes! The vibrant colors of Mardi Gras are beautiful on their own but when you add them to a cupcake with cinnamon frosting, you have a party going on for sure!
Mardi Gras Cupcakes
Cake recipe courtesy of Hello, Cupcake!
Ingredients:
1 box yellow cake mix
1 cup buttermilk (instead of water indicated on box)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
Food coloring paste/gel - Purple, Green and Yellow
1 box yellow cake mix
1 cup buttermilk (instead of water indicated on box)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
Food coloring paste/gel - Purple, Green and Yellow
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Line 24 muffin tins with silver cupcake liners
Use an electric mixer to beat together all of the ingredients for about 2 minutes on medium to high speed
Divide the batter equally into three bowls and use food coloring for purple, green and yellow batter. Get a spoon for each color and one spoon to use as your "divider" as your pour the different colors into the cupcakes liners. Start with one color and pour about 1 spoonful of batter up against one side, using the divider spoon to prevent the batter from spreading too much. Fill in with the other colors, using the same technique. Don't worry about making these perfect, it actually looks cool when the colors invade each others' thirds and look a little messy.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean.
Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting
Recipe Courtesy of Fake Ginger
1 cup butter
4 cups powdered sugar
3 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
4 cups powdered sugar
3 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
Directions:
Beat butter in an electric mixer until fluffy. Add sugar 1/2 cup at a time until completely mixed. Add the milk 1 tbsp at a time to achieve desired thickness. Mix in vanilla and cinnamon until well combined. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes and sprinkle with colored sugar.
Beat butter in an electric mixer until fluffy. Add sugar 1/2 cup at a time until completely mixed. Add the milk 1 tbsp at a time to achieve desired thickness. Mix in vanilla and cinnamon until well combined. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes and sprinkle with colored sugar.
Colored Sugar
3/4 cup sugar
Green, Purple and Yellow food coloring paste
Place 1/4 cup sugar in 3 plastic sandwich bags. Squeeze a dot of each color paste in each bag and rub together until all sugar is colored. Place each color mixture on a separate piece of wax paper to dry. Repeat process for other two colors; set aside.
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